Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pn reflx] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had discharged himself on May 30 , borrowed some money from a friend and headed off to East Anglia . |
| 2 | But Pa is operating the machine himself today , it being Sunday and Ma having excused herself on account of the washing . |
| 3 | The way in which the Government have sidelined themselves on EMU means uncertainty for business and industry in their planning for the future . |
| 4 | ‘ It was the first time I 'd ever seen myself on screen . |
| 5 | Sarge — his real name was Paul Sargeant — was an Australian who had modelled himself on John Belushi and disapproved of good language ( he once took me to task for using the word ‘ carouse ’ ) . |
| 6 | When I was foolish enough to laugh at a preposterous and provocative statement made by Mr Dinsdale — who had surely modelled himself on Dickens 's character Mr Bounderby — he gave me a withering look and asked sarcastically : ‘ Is this a reason to laugh ? ’ |
| 7 | Surrounded by his manager , personal conditioner and other members of the Lewis entourage , the champion , who readily admits to having modelled himself on Muhammad Ali confessed to ready participation in the media circus . |
| 8 | However in America , where addictions are almost as mandatory as seeing the ‘ shrink ’ , a new wave of ‘ ca n't do withouts ’ has unleashed itself on society . |
| 9 | From observing Star Eye , he thought she 'd modelled herself on Cabochon : she even sat like him and had started scraping her hair back into a ponytail , even though it was n't really long enough yet . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've not modelled myself on Bruce . |
| 11 | Christians modelled themselves on Christ . |
| 12 | A third terrorist had already flung himself on top of Patrick . |
| 13 | The little deer was seen staggering in a distressed and bloated condition , captured with difficulty and taken to a vet who pumped fermented corn from the stomach — presumably the fawn had gorged herself on pheasant feed . |
| 14 | Then Joseph and another boy , outrunning the others , had flung themselves on top of the flapping bird and held her down , while the remaining young hunters had torn down bush creepers for rope . |
| 15 | In Faye 's first painting , she had turned out so wraithlike and ethereal that she had secretly weighed herself on Faye 's bathroom scales to make sure she still came in at fifty-three kilograms . |
| 16 | Pakrac formed part of Croatia 's Knin province , which had unilaterally declared itself on Feb. 28 to be the " Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina " , in contravention of Croatian law [ see p. 38019 ] , pronouncing itself in favour of union with Serbia and Montenegro , and with the Serbian population of neighbouring Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 17 | All had prided themselves on training and nurturing their own people , and all boasted many employees who had notched up decades of faithful service . |
| 18 | No older girl has ever pissed herself on account of Laverne before . |
| 19 | I had bestowed myself on Nour , and from now on he could do with me as he would . |
| 20 | It is doubtful if the corridors of Whitehall and the British civil service will quite match this record , but the simple point is that a host of records of potential interest to the historian that would have manifested themselves on paper will no longer do so . |